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Effectiveness of national cervical cancer screening programme in Taiwan: 12-year experiences
1Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
British Journal of Cancer
|June 19, 2009
Abstract
Background:
We examined cervical cancer incidence before and after nationwide cervical cancer screening was initiated in Taiwan in mid-1995.
Results:
The invasive cancer incidence decreased by 47.8% during 1995-2006. The carcinoma in situ incidence increased 1.7-fold during 1995-2000, and decreased by 19.6% during 2000-2006.
Conclusion:
The Taiwan national programme has significantly decreased invasive cervical cancer.